The Ending of *THE MIST* Is HAUNTING!!
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This is Kacee's first time watching reaction to the movie "The Mist ". After a powerful storm damages their Maine home, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his young son head into town to gather food and supplies. Soon afterward, a thick fog rolls in and engulfs the town, trapping the Draytons and others in the grocery store. Terror mounts as deadly creatures reveal themselves outside, but that may be nothing compared to the threat within, where a zealot (Marcia Gay Harden) calls for a sacrifice.
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I read that Stephen King actually liked this ending better than what he originally wrote.
He did. The ending in the book is more ambiguous. This is the gut punch of all gut punches.
Can u guys tell me what's the ending Stephen king wrote 😅
@@user-xp5lc5so1x they drive to get out of New England, seeing many creatures as they drive. They stop for the night at a Howard Johnson, and David mentions that when he was tuning the radio trying to get a signal, he thinks he heard the word "Hartford", but he's not really sure if he heard it, so he plans to head there. The novella is written from his PoV, and it turns out that he's writing this all down as a record, and states his intention to leave the pages on the counter in hopes someone will find them. So the reader doesn't know what happens to them.
The funny thing, one of the paragraphs near the end before he explains the radio says:
... But you mustn’t expect some neat conclusion. There is no "And they escaped from the mist into the good sunshine of a new day" ; or "When we awoke the National Guard had finally arrived"; or even that great old standby: "It was all a dream". It is, I suppose, what my father always frowningly called “an Alfred Hitchcock ending,” by which he meant a conclusion in ambiguity that allowed the reader or viewer to make up his own mind about how things ended. My father had nothing but contempt for such stories, saying they were “cheap shots.”
So it's interesting that Darabont went with giving it an ending. I guess he's like David's dad. :)
I never actually read the story. Just an interview he gave.@@user-xp5lc5so1x
What else is new, King couldn't write a good ending to save his life
I hope this hasn't already been mentioned, but the ending is even worse when you realize the military is coming from behind Thomas Jane, meaning they were driving away from rescue the entire time. The Army had already gone though the town since they had the woman and her 2 kids in the truck.
The ending is even worse than that... the crazy religious lady was actually right. *SPOILER if you haven't watched it* The Mist cleared right after he sacrificed the boy!
@@hulkslayer626 Not really. The military was obviously already in action and been clearing things out long before the kid was killed.
@HeatRaver obviously lol But just wanted to play devil's advocate for her. So she would say "God set those things in motion because he knew, in your most desperate hour, you would turn to him and know the right things to do! ...the lord works in mysterious ways..." 🤣
@@hulkslayer626 don't claim she a Christian a true Christian is someone who turns from wilfully sinning she was wilfully sinning she what u call a baby Christian or wolf in sheep clothing
@kieranbrown1832 I didn't claim... she did. And I'm inclined to believe her. Historically speaking, she was acting very religiously. Some, including her, would argue she is more religious than most religious today 🤷
The Aliens at the end: "Wow, he really killed his entire family? Man, that is CRAZY (begins leaving almost immediately)".
"The Shawshank Redemption." "The Green Mile." And now "The Mist." Director Frank Darabon tells Stephen King stories that are memorable, shattering and moving. Darabont deftly translates King's words to the big screen.
Rob Riner did a hell of a job with "Stand By Me" too!
@@jasoncaldwell5627 - Yeah, Reiner actually did two of the best King adaptation: "Stand By Me" and "Misery."
@@WastedPo ohhhh....I forgot he did Misery. I only wish the movie rating system would have allowed for a faithful version of Apt Pupil. It's from the same four novella collection (Different Seasons) as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me.
The novel is sooo worth reading! It's as nightmarishly evil as Shawshank Redemption is hopeful...
that ending is hands down the most traumatic illustration ever of a normally positive wholesome message: "don't lose hope."
The ending was just stupid. No one would have done that. You wait till your actually about to die before doing that. They could have literally sat in that car for days without water or food.
@@TheNichq eh the way its represented, when i first watched this movie i felt no sense of hope and the easiest way out was how they did it... its easy to say what ppl should do after the fact....kind of like when i play black jack at the casino, ppl like to drill a player at times "if you didnt hit, then the dealer would of got blah blah!" no shit its easy to evaluate the decisions after you know what the results were.
@@TheNichq for the record: "author king praised darabont's new ending, describing it as one that would be unsettling for studios. king said, "the ending is such a jolt-wham! it's frightening. but people who go to see a horror movie don't necessarily want to be sent out with a pollyanna ending."" (wikipedia)
@@TheNichqcouldn’t disagree more. Given what they’ve been through they’ve seen enough. I’m not gonna let my kid get ripped apart by monsters and spend his last moments terrified.
@@TheNichqDriving for possibly hours and seeing nothing but death, nightmarish monsters and endless mist? Creatures the size of office buildings were trudging around. They were surrounded. No gas, no supplies. Nothing left other than a horrific death.
It was the end of the world.
Nah. I think many people would do what they did after seeing all that. And the dad made a promise to his son as well: Don’t let the monsters get him. No matter what.
People need to pay more attention.
The ending was one of the biggest gut punch I ever experience with a movie it was insane
watch eden lake and martyrs 2008
@@aryzen2781 God I hate Martyrs. That ending, and the suffering of that girl, was insane.
... hate maybe isn't be correct word, but I will never rewatch that one.
A gut punch? It was straight up stabbing me in between my ribcage with a serrated knife!
I disagree. I just laughed my ass off at how much of a moron this guy was. Never fucking give up. That should be the moral of this story.
Does anyone know why they start and stop series and movies like they do? I never see them respond to any RUclips comments. What happened to the Predator movies or part 2 of Castlevania nocturne. (They stop a lot of shows and movie series with No explanation 🤷♂️)
Fun fact: Melissa Mcbride's character (Carol) was supposed to die but during her monologue in the store she moved the actors and crew so much, that the director decided to give her much more importance in the film by making her survive the mist
what she finaly brought into the walking dead as carol
The most dangerous monsters are other people. If everyone inside the store had just stayed calm, they all would have been safe until the military arrived, but people are selfish, panicky, and irrational animals who frequently just make things worse. As Sartre wrote, "hell is other people."
true the creatures they encountered were just the mist world's animals going about their own business while trying to figure out why everything looks different and who these new odd things running and screaming about on two legs!
That's actually what irks me about this movie. If you've ever been in a shit-hits-the-fan crisis, you know it actually brings out the best in a lot of people. Of course it brings out the worst in some too, but in my experience it's most often the former. The Mist does the whole "the real monsters are people" thing and it's just tiresome. If humans weren't good at cooperating in hard times we wouldn't be here today.
@@ominousbiscuit Existing today, does *NOT* mean that "humans are good at cooperating in hard times"... at *BEST* it means *SOME* or a *FEW* people are... if humans overall were *ACTUALLY* good at cooperating... the population wouldn't be as high as it is, and there would *NOT STILL BE PEOPLE DYING FROM STARVATION* when tons of food are thrown out everyday from first world supermarket/grocery stores. Much less the World Wars, not to mention the smaller ones and genocides, etc, etc.... I mean hell, did we or did we not *RUN OUT OF TOILET PAPER* for a slightly worse version of the flu two years ago, did we or did we not *UNNECESSARILY* put covid patients in *RETIREMENT HOMES* that *KILLED* the elderly? I could go on... but I hope you see my point.
Regardless of how many people "Exist" today, says *NOTHING* about the *INSANELY* massive amount more that died horrific terrible needless torturous deaths that got us here.
@@ominousbiscuitI think you feel that way because you have been lucky in life. You've met mostly good people.
Some of us aren't that lucky. LOL
What we saw is that they made human sacrifice and the mist disappeared immediately. Just like Mrs. Carmody said. Coincidence? Maybe she was right all along...
For those who don't know, the painting from the beginning was Roland, the gunslinger from the dark tower series. Bit only is this a nod to another stephen king story but in the series (which deals with parallel universes among other things) the space between universe is called Todash space and all kinds of beasts and monsters live in the void between worlds. Its heavily implied that's what's in the mist. Creatures from the todash.
Funner fact: Pennywise, from IT, is theorized to be from todash space too as in the dark tower series there's another character similar to Pennywise that seems to feed on laughter instead of fear.
Funner, Funner fact: i just googled the monsters in the mist to see if they had names. First article counted psycho zealot Mrs Carmoody as one of the monsters lol
All things serve the Beam 🫡
I actually live in Maine and we do frequently get tons of very thick fog, actually as thick and sometimes thicker than in this movie, and whenever it rolls in I always think of this movie and say “I feel like any second now a tentacle monster is going to reach out and pull me into the darkness”🤣.
In all seriousness, this movie is a masterpiece of horror. I was a teenager when I saw it in theaters and it was the first movie that ever left me truly speechless, literally, I was so shocked by it I couldn’t say anything for almost 15 minutes.
thats a new perspective, if i lived somewhere with a mist like this i would think the same.... i legit stared at the credits for a while after seeing this movie...very haunting
Where do you reside? My grandparents lived in York Harbor and I loved visiting the area!
After you saw the movie, did you get scared of fogs for a while?
A lot of Stephen Kings stories are in or around Maine. and the rest of the New England area
@@prollins6443 I live in Saco in southern Maine, it’s like 8 minutes from the coast
Love the reaction. People might tend to forget when they were driving to when the car runs out of fuel, it was probably days of slow driving in the mist with no end in sight. They probably thought that mist engulfed the whole country and nowhere was safe. Add the sound of the creatures lurking outside the car, what they went through at the mall and the dad promise to the son, brought a whole rash and quick decision that no sane mind would think off. Epic ending that really stuck with you cause of how unlucky they are and how making bad decisions can get you tortured for life.
People also forget that it wasn't David's decision alone. All the adults clearly agreed that this is what they wanted.
Fun fact: King came up with the idea in a grocery store with his kid and his kid said “hey dad, what if there was a pterodactyl on that shelf?”
And that's how you go from spooky horror to psychological terror to creature feature to existential Hell.
Yes. Many people say, "The real monsters were the people in that store, not outside the doors". I'm inclined to agree.
One of the best horror movie endings EVER! And, you should DEFINITELY watch The Shawshank Redemption!
One of the worst imo. Totaly unrealistic and just made the guy look like an utter moron.
The best horror movies come not from the monsters or the atmosphere, but from situations that you wouldn't wish on anybody. I would rather get killed horribly a million times over than face that kind of sadistic choice.
@@TheNichq u do realize 100 of thousands of ppl commit suicide for much less right?? I would of done the same thing except I'd have a way 2 kill myself
This movie establish one of my biggest fears, that there's few things scarier than what scared people in big groups can do.
Stephen King wrote, "Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win."
Humans can be awesome or disastrous in desperate situations. A couple cool heads and confident voices offering order is usually all people need to cooperate.l in a crisis. However, when those people are unable or unavailable to speak up, we are prone to irrational panic, and chaos fills the void.
My friend is in this movie!!! In the grocery Store there is a goofy looking guy in red flannel jacket, thats him!!
I think what destroyed any hope they had was the passage of that gigantic creature walking over them. Seeing that has to make you feel like it’s not your world anymore. Thinking the military is close to clearing the problem up isn’t going to be on anyone’s mind at that point. So, not getting clear of the mist must’ve really felt like the end of the line in more ways than one.
Ironically, they should have found hope when seeing this creature, because it is a Behemoth, it is a creature of monotheistic religions and it is said that when we hear it roar it means that peace and tranquility will return.
@@adilbelgacem4309 Do you really think anyone could look at that thing, and think it's bringing peace and tranquility?
The scene where Old Testament lady starts really getting people on her side. Reminded me of a quote from Mark Twain, “it’s easier to fool people than convince them they’ve been fooled” I’m paraphrasing.
Loved this movie. I wish I could have seen it theaters. Some of those ending scenes in the mist must have looked incredible on the big screen.
The Army Private was played by Sam Witwer who voiced Darth Maul in the Clone Wars and Rebels animated series.
It came out during the worst time. Thanksgiving. Lots of angry people came out who went with their families. My roommate was pissed for a week. I loved it.
I did see it in theaters. To this day it’s still in my top 3 theater experiences. Along with 8 mile and Infinity war. You could hear a mouse pee on cotton when those credits rolled. Folks were shook lol. Loved it
SUCH a great movie- despite the happy ending....
(That's what I tell everyone I meet that hasn't seen it yet!)
thats so hilarious, i love it XD i will start using this if anyone hasnt seen it haha
Thomas Jane was Frank Darabont's first choice to play Rick Grimes in TWD
Thank god that didn't happen, would have been so much worse
this might have already been said, but the director originally wanted to have the film released in black and white, and you can get a special edition release of it like that, but the studio vetoed it for the general release. Its great in black and white, really fits with the direction and filmography of it, gives it that late 50s horror vibe.
As for the Mist itself, its actually part of the extended ethos of the Stephen King universe where all his stories interconnect with The Dark Tower series. The mist is actually what exists inbetween realities/universes, its where the darkness and chaos were pushed, so its the realm of nightmares and evil gods. There are parts of the world where the fabric of reality gets thin, and the military ripped a hole in reality letting the mist and all the creatures in. If I remember the ending of the book correctly, there is no rescue, it ends with them continuing to travel in a world consumed by the mist. The ending was changed by Frank Darabont, and he showed it to Stephen King who said that it was brilliant and he wished he had of thought of it.
I read somewhere that Thomas Jane was almost cast as Rick on The Walking Dead when the show was originally being developed for HBO. Later, after the show had started airing on AMC, he and Frank Darabont apparently discussed the possibility of him appearing on the show again. The role he may have played was never revealed, but Jane reportedly said it was a villain role, which led many to believe he was in talks to play the Governor.
There is a whole community dedicated just for this ending - FYI.
As someone studying cybersecurity and Digital Forensics, this HIGHLY disturbs me because a community like this never crossed my mind. It really shows how niche the online communities are. These kinds of communities in digital forensics classes should be taught about in addition to the common/prevalent cybercrime.
@@LilTechCricket how is this disturbing? you might want to see how disturbing anime fan art comes up with... a movies ending is pretty normal in comparison
@@DeRockMedia I said it's disturbing because it never crossed my mind and I'm supposed to have been trained for this kind of stuff. They talk about all the stuff you talk about in class, from drugs and arms smuggling to human trafficking, including the eventual talk of organized CP communities. But a community dedicated to talking about and planning unavaliving your whole family only for you to be alive is...beyond my comprehension of what I've learned about psych profiles, especially for that type, who usually falls to their catastrophic thoughts and spirals into a period of a feeling of loneliness and appearance of withdrawal from the family that leads up to the incident and overall emotional outbreak, which is EXACTLY what we saw in this movie. Once that trigger of "Yes" or "This is the time" had entered their brain, there's no going back for some people. It's now a mission that has to be carried out. I think that's why they pulled outside the car when he pulled the trigger on them. A lot of people disassociate during traumatic events and it feels like that, like you're observing yourself from outside. Then it comes crashing back inside the car to reality and all emotion and memories hit you all at once.
Am I even understanding what the community is about?
3 absolute bangers in a row! Killer Klowns, Return of the Living Dead, and the Mist? Please keep ‘em coming!
You mentioned that there are several Walking Dead characters in this movie, the main soldier (who gets stabbed) was the walker in the tank where Rick got the grenade in the first episode of TWD. Love your channel, keep up the great work 👍
i like how you mentioned the most obscure fact that had one of the many walking dead actors lol
Frank Darabont promised him a back story, unfortunately Mr. Darabont wasn't part of the show for much longer.
He's also the fake Ice Truck killer from Dexter.
Not that anyone asked, but still.
He’s Sam Witwer. Galactica, Force unleashed 1 and 2, voice of darth vader in Rebels, main character in Days Gone and lots of other stuff.
Easily one of the must gut wrenching ending scenes in a horror movie. And the choice for the music in those last scenes was so good. Here's the song:
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The Mist is such an effective thriller ... with interesting monsters, good performances, and strong suspense and shocks. I bought the blu ray recently; besides the theatrical version it also includes writer/director Frank Darabont's perferred black-and-white version.
I seem to remember that Mr. King's novella ends with the handful of characters driving and wondering if they're doomed, and a while later David is scanning the car radio and suddenly hears the word "Hartford" spoken. So there's a possible glimmer of hope. But Stephen King _loves_ the movie's ending so much more than what he wrote himself.
Frank Darabont is three for three on Stephen King adaptations. You two must watch Shawshank Redemption, it’s a masterpiece.
The fact you react so strongly means they did what they accomplished. You will never forget it.
This movie does an extremely good job at portraying the primitive nature of humans, how they will turn to anyone or anything that offers a solution when all hope seems to be lost, and they all go crazy.
Yup. We can be either awesome or disastrous at cooperation in the midst of a crisis. The Air Force literally trains rank to speak up and strive to keep order. To be prepared to take charge in an emergency. A single cool head or confident voice can be the difference between order and chaos. Give people direction and they'll want to work together. Give panic a chance to fill the void and things will break down hard.
“Something in the mist, TOOK JOHN LEE!!!”
Just saw the title and thought “poor Kacee” 😂
I hope these "as we go" helps
1. In context it is similar to what King did with The Stand except in this case it's monsters and not a virus.
2. Jeffery DeMunn is known as a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all four of his films: "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Green Mile" (1999), and "The Mist" (2007). All King adaptations. He was also in what King himself says "Storm of the Century" was such a good screenplay that he adapted into a book.
3. William Sadler also was in "Shawshank" and "The Green Mile".
4. Frances Sternhagen was in "Misery" by King.
5. Marcia Gay Harden kills it.
6.King wanted to play the big guy that goes out with the rope around his waist "brass balls" but Darabont shot him down.
7. This is not how the book ends. Darabont wanted this ending. King later said that as horrific that it is he likes it better. What makes this ending more devastating is he has to live with it the rest of his life 🥵
8. The picture of the cowboy is an Easter egg from King's "Dark Tower" series
9. The cool thing about this story is, since the creatures are from a different dimension, they could be anything.😱😱😱😱😱😱
10. Stephen King. You're welcome.
That ending definitely stuck with me when I seen it as a kid. I was would go to school and just randomly think about it. Shit I still randomly think about it.
The actor Sam Witwer who played the solder that the people sacrificed was also in the first episode of the Walking Dead, he was the zombie that Rick killed in the tank.
as a father it is impossible to comprehend that ending. Ollie and his philosophy was the best
The ending is the most shocking and most controversial in horror film history!
SO glad y'all chose that film! Helluva gut punch at the end that still breaks me. There's a black and white version that feels totally different; it's a completely intriguing experience.
You know it's gonna be good when the author says why didn't I think of that ending
The Mist is a short story and I've read the book probably 10 times. This ties into Stephen King's biggest, most encompassing story: The Dark Tower. Stephen King ties dozens of his books into The Dark Tower in a very cool way. The basic idea is that there are many worlds (universes) and there are ways to get from one to another, both natural and man made doors. And then there is space between these worlds called Todash. And Todash is filled with nightmarish monsters. So The Mist is about the military accidentally opening a doorway into Todash. I know Kacee loves reading, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read The Dark Tower series. It has everything . . . Action, Drama, Romance, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense. . . And it just has great characters and compelling story. I hope you end up reading them.
They've been traveling for a very long time. It was not a rash or quick decision. That's why the other guy said hey we gave it a real good shot.
With the ending in mind, you have to remember that the son made me *PROMISE* to not let the monsters get him.
That ending made it one of my favorite movies of all time. It was a pretty strong lesson in "Never give up". The movie also did a great job in showcasing all the different types of crazy, annoying people we have to deal with in society.
The only time I can remember walking out of a movie theater where the entire crowd is crying their eyes out.... something I'll never forget
Super nice of you to show your loved one this movie.
Even starkiller couldn't fight against the mist
It's definitely the sci-fi version of Lord of the flies.
The knock on Carol was S-A-V-A-G-E 😝
I keep forgetting that the mob they left behind at the grocery store probably survived until the Army rescued them too!
Właśnie między innymi dzięki temu o czym mówisz, jestem zdania że zakończenie w książce jest sto razy lepsze jak i o wiele straszniejsze 😉
Pozdrawiam serdecznie 🖖
The reason for all the Walking Dead actors is because Frank Darabont was the first showrunner on TWD and had a hand in the original casting.
I was never so glad to see an insane holy roller killed. Lunatic!! Fun reaction guys.. 💯
The movie - good overall. The ending - heartbreaking and soulcrushing (the most I've ever seen). The message - never give up hope (you never know what is waiting for you around the corner).
I take a different message from the ending: The world isn't fair or just. It doesn't care what you deserve. You can do everything right, make the best decisions you know, and still lose.
@@danieldickson8591 That's dark... but not untrue.
THE ENDING IS PEAK, every time i drive in the morning fog i think about it
I'm not sure if this was Frank Darabount or Stephen King, but I heard a comment that this story was "what happens when the main character makes all the wrong decisions." I think in the coming decades this one is going to be seen for the classic that it is.
The irony is, David, and everyone in his group, couldn't know at the time that they were making the wrong decisions. They were smart, brave, caring, they had good reasons for everything they chose. And they still lost.
THE PUNISHER origin story
What's even more wacky is that the ending in the book is actually much lighter in tone than in the movie, if I remember right they don't kill off everyone in the car
the book ending is more... open ended but a bit bleaker, as its about them driving off following a radio transmission about there being a safe haven from the mist but also implies that the mist is permanent and global.
They don't, they just keep going & so does the mist & no military rescue.
Yeah, I couldn't remember exactly. At the very least the movies just a lot more mean spirited
Carol and her children survived because, unlike the other characters in the movie, she didn't let her fear control her. All the factions in the movie were all ruled by fear. The rationalists were afraid and tried to deny that there was a problem even with all the evidence around them; the religious fanatics were scared and turned to a madwoman to save them; and in the end, Thomas Jane and his crew lost hope and gave up, deciding to take the easy way out. Everyone except Carol let their fears control their actions; she, instead, overcame her own fears for the sake of her children and that is why in the end she triumphed while everyone else failed.
First rule of shock movie club, you do not talk about the shock in the movie. It is always best to not even say anything at all or even give a hint that something crazy is going to happen.🤟🏼
That being said, great video, these are always interesting to watch when it comes to this movie.
ya, it takes real restraint to not rile up the craziness
normally in extreme emergency scenarios it would take the military same day to 3 days to come and help... if the situation is bad like in the movie it could take longer or they may decide to just scorch earth the entire area. It can be a gamble to stay same as leaving, it can be the military cant come cause the situation is bad... the area is deemed lost and would get bombed, or the military clears the area and emergency help arrives. It would be a matter of having radio or some sort of signal to truly know what is going on, the movie did not show any cellphones or radio if i remember right.
“Don’t let the monsters get me” isn’t a promise that was kept. The whole point of the story is that humans are the monsters. The monsters got the boy in the end, and it was his own father.
Every time I see thick fog now I always yell “There’s something in the mist!”
I love how this movie ended up becoming our tease of much of the original Walking Dead cast.
I think this movie teach you one important thing. YOU NEVER GIVE UP HOPE. What they did was incredible dumb. Considering spider laying eggs in your son, I would still wait and end it if monsters are comming at you. I mean they were perfectly safe in that moment, it doesnt really make sense to do what they did in that moment.
The ending is what I call “a whoopsie”
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That would be a great reaction
Bit late on this, but Frank Darabont(show runner for the walking dead) Directed this movie. Which is why theres a lot of crossover between here and TWD. Another fun fact, Frank actually slated Thomas Jane as his first choice for Rick Grimes.
I could not stop laughing at the ending when I first saw it 😂😂
I agree the ending is what makes this movie. I found some of the usual King tropes (like the religious nutjob) to be grating and I'm not sure I would have rewatched this movie again if it was for the tragic ending. My mouth was agape that a major mainstream movie went there and apparently it isn't how King's story ends (I haven't read it) but he came around to really appreciating it. I do think this ruthless choice elevates the story a lot.
I love the ending but was a tad annoyed the lady who went for her kid survived. So unrealistic to be ruinous unless there was an aspect about divine or supernatural judgement
I remember seeing this in the theatre and everyone cheered when Ollie shot that crazy lady, the ending everyone just sat in disbelief 😮
You guys have to think, movies tamper with the perception of time all the time. What you may think happened in seconds or minutes in a story could actually be a lot longer. These bigger budget movies you definitely have to take with a grain of salt. Pacing is something that filmmakers have to be conscious of. A lot of times things are edited for time, pacing, suspense or many other factors.
I think the scenes leading up to the end were obviously sped up. Those quieter moments when they all agreed that they would rather be shot than eaten by multidimensional creatures…there’s no way those types of decisions would be made lightly, know what I mean?
Otherwise, foresight…
Exactly. This movie is just too good for them lol
As someone who worked in a grocery store during multiple hurricanes no one bought massive amounts of TP until covid came around
One of my favorite movies ever. It really is a memorable movie. And with good lessons.
For the ending, they took supplies for the road trip so they were set not to starve or need water so fast. Assuming they didn't bring a hose as one of the supplies to syphon gas I would allow the old people to get out and push if you needed to move forward. My first reaction without knowing the ending was, we're waiting until we're in need of food and water.
Mrs. Carmody found and took the supplies they'd hidden. They might have had everything you describe, but they had to flee without them.
Shawshank? Never seen? Blasphemy! You need to remedy that!!!
The army guy is Darth Maul from the animated Star Wars shows.
My fave horror film of all time and Mrs Carmody is in first place of my most hated characters in movies
And particularly scary because of how real she is. There are plenty of evangelicals around who spout the same stuff.
Excellent movie.
EVER HEARD of the 180º rule?
when cavasos is on the left, but then his portrait is on the right? that's a violation.
when dos is on the right, but then she's on the left?
12:21 In a crisis people go into DENIAL. That's the thing. When you watch a movie like this and you see people literally screaming that there isn't a thing, even though we know there is a thing, it's because of denial. It can move mountains when humans get together in denial. That's how cults are born, sadly.
17:01 Chaos and confusion. We've had entire military divisions go the wrong way because someone thought they heard X when Y was being said.
23:47 Probably the biggest thing inspired by this story was the original Half-Life. So much so, that the tentative title for Half-Life was "Quiver" as in "Project Arrowhead." Seriously, the story in Half-Life is scientists in a military base open a portal to an alien realm, and alien wild life pours into the base.
The ending is actually quite rational. Three days in, the entire world seems to be overrun with monsters. Anyone who goes out almost certainly dies. They drove quite a long distance and The Mist didn't seem to end. David is the model of even keel, rational thinking. That's how the movie hoodwinks you. His decision makes perfect sense. In the end, especially, wherein his son was concerned. Better to end it yourself than end up as a very long meal for baby spiders, or who knows what else. One bullet, and he is spared all that trauma.
King prefers the Darabont ending to his story over the more vague one found in the original story. This absolutely fits the themes of the story. We all have our own "Mist" to overcome. It is a metaphor for ignorance. You don't know. Know of us do.
They likely thought that the mist had taken the whole world by then. Because the environment became more and more alien and the aliens bigger, the further they drove. So for them, it stopped being about when they'd get rescued, or find a way out being replaced with when they'd end up having to face an inevitable death.
In a world of Disney happy endings it's nice to have a proper F*** you to the viewers.
I love the post reaction talks, and I would wait till it's the last seconds
Granny is such a chad. "Throwing stones to people who piss you off is perfectly okay and i got plenty more"😂 She even beat one of those spiders with ease. Granny favorite character. Though it sucks they died but that was still one of the best endings ive ever seen
felt like a long, dark Twilight Zone episode.. Right up my alley ; )-~ good reaction.
Best ending ever. I think this was one of my first major film ending that wasn’t a traditional “happy ending” movie. Dark, dark ending 🔥
Definitely watch Shawshank. It's widely considered to be one of the top 10 films of all time.
I JUST realized that the main military guy is Sam Witwer!
I tried so hard not to, but I could not stop laughing at the ending scene. It somehow came off as hilarious. 😄
If anyone wonders what's the name of the song that plays at the last scene is called '' host of seraphim by dead can dance"
Thomas Jane would have been Rick Grimes but HBO passed on the project and by the time AMC picked it up he was already booked. Also the soldier that got sacrificed was the tank zombie in season one. The character was supposed to have a back story that got cut.
Like Night Of The Living Dead, The Mist isn't a movie about deadly creatures. It's a movie about people failing under stress.
Supplies needed for the apocalypse, Blk Leather Jacket, Baseball Bat & Barbed Wire. 😂
There’s a theory that Ms Carmody was right as the mist cleared when the son died.
That's what some people want to believe. The Mist cleared because the military burned it up. It was being cleared before the child was killed.
It's an easy theory to dismiss. Unless the sacrifice also summoned a long line of military vehicles, the timing has to be understood as coincidental.
@@jwhite-1471 not necessarily as they were fighting the monsters. Nothing really suggested they cleared the actual list.
@@johnj4471pls don’t give crazy people power, pure coincident is what it’s.
This kind of coincident is why so many religion is so damn violent.
FUN FACT
THOMAS JANE
was in line to play
RICK GRIMES
on the
WALKING DEAD
Anthony pointed out to you, Kacee, that future TWD stars Dale, Andrea & Carol joined Frank Darabont in this movie but I myself was unaware til recently that there was yet ANOTHER TWD cast member I haven't ever noticed before (in the 30 times I've watched this movie previously, lol), this time playing one of the soldiers.. Juan Gabriel Pareja plays a soldier named, ironically enough, Morales.. which is the SAME name of the character he plays in Season 1 of TWD & in 2 episodes of Season 8. I just found it pretty cool that he played Morales in 2 different Darabont projects.. He must look like a Morales to Frank, lol.. Keep up the great work you two, I'm a big fan of ya'll..❤✌🏻
1408 was one of my favorite Stephen King movie
The ending broke my heart, if he would have waited just a little longer his son would be still alive and the others.
Thomas Jane is a great actor!
The six months it took me to hit bottom I used to scream in my car very similarly to the scream Thomas Jane made.
On top of how dark the concept of the end was Thomas Jane nailed the execution of the sound someone in that state makes.
We all knew the part he was talking about l. It’s soul crushing.